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Georgia Senate approves bill to let ethics commission subpoena out-of-state campaign contributors
Summary
After extended debate, the Senate passed a bill expanding the State Ethics Commission's ability to subpoena nonresidents for campaign-disclosure and investigatory purposes, a measure supporters said closes a jurisdictional loophole and opponents warned could be misused without additional safeguards.
ATLANTA ' The Georgia Senate on Thursday voted to give the State Ethics Commission authority to subpoena out-of-state persons, documents and information in certain campaign finance investigations, passing a House bill by substitute 50-1 after more than an hour of debate.
Supporters said the measure simply equips the ethics agency with tools it already uses against in-state actors, allowing the commission to pursue so-called "bad actors" who funnel money or influence into Georgia elections from other states. "This gives our ethics commission the tools to hold out-of-state entities to the same standard that we are held to," the bill sponsor said on…
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